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I'd say Mike Hart and David Harris are the best examples of 3-star kids that turned into studs over the second half of Carr's career. Braylon Edwards was also a 3-star I believe.

RR has landed some quality sleepers as well including Omameh (2 stars).

Agree on the punter (Mike Sadler, MSU's RS Frosh P, was also 3-stars)

Kicking myself right now for forgetting Hart. Edwards was a 3-star QB commit. I honestly though Harris was higher than a 3-star. So that's 3 in the past 6-7 years.

FWIW, Kovacs as a walk-on is at least a contributor, though he'll probably never be an all-league performer type

That, IMHO, will be a very interesting trend to watch. If Hoke is a good coach, he'll be able to get some of the mid 3-star guys Rich Rod brought in to produce at a respectable level. I'm not saying they've gotta be 1st team All-Big 10 guys, but solid Big 10 starters would suffice.

FWIW, I think Hoke IS a good coach, at least on the DL and as a HC at the lower levels.

Figured this was the safest spot for this post

Incase you dont know: Tosh is asking college students across the country to send him videos, telling him why he should bring his show to thier campus. This beauty from MSU was aired on the most recent (May31st) episode. Too funny not to post.

Where do you think he ends up at Rocky?

I agree. He is the one recruit I want the most in this class. He really seems to be blowing up and by the time it's all said and done could be a 5* prospect.

In my esteemed completely uninformed opinion . . . . I have no idea. Alabama is a tough competitor when they really want someone, Mizzou is the "home" state school and he's got ties from Saginaw to both MSU and UM. I've read a January decision date, so this is going to be a long haul. I know MSU wants to take 2 DTs and so does UM; I think earlier in this thread (or maybe another recruiting thread?) it was discussed that both MSU and UM are going after Pipkins, Day, O'Brien and Jaleel Johnson and that we'd declare the DT recruiting battle a draw if both teams receive an equal # of commits from among those 4. I know MSU is doing pretty well with O'Brien; I think Day, Pipkins and Johnson are pretty even between the two schools, though Day and Pipkins could end up in the SEC.

I do think the OSU issues are going to help both our programs because of our coach's ties to the state. I really feel that MSU needs to hold even during the summer and have another strong start to 2011 on the field to seal the deal with some of these guys. Our B1G champinoship last year got our foot in the door of some major recruits, but I get the feeling that they need to see some sustained success before choosing MSU. That's the burden of lacking a truly national reputation though.

I don't know if UM has offered/is interested in OT/OG Ryan Ward from IL; it seems it's a 3 team race between Iowa, MSU and Northwestern. He's making a decision at the end of summer; definite area of need for MSU.

What's the record look like when it's cloudy outside and Michigan State has a left-handed quarterback from Boise?

Upvote for making me chortle.

Why are Michigan fans on 24/7? Honest question. I see a few of them trolling on tRCMB, but I haven't seen half of these other people.

We will have a site soon.

Interesting. Is another site merging here?

Supposedly The Wolverine is coming.